Various - The Story Of Blue Beat - The Best In Ska 1962 Part 1 - 2CD Album

A new double disc compilations from Secret Records subsidiary label Sunrise Records featuring the best of Blue Beat Ska from 1962.
A double disc extravaganza of the best music of the Blue Beat label from 1962 with disc 1 featuring the 'A' sides of the singles and disc 2 featuring the 'B' sides.1962 was a banner year for the label as it began increasing it's musical output to offer the rabid music fans more of the developing, new Rhythm & Blues sound that was then becoming known as Ska. Featuring tracks from renowned artists such as Derrick Morgan, Jimmy Cliff, Laurel Aitken and Errol Dixon alongside lesser known Clive Bailey and Theophilus Beckford as well as bonus tracks from Blue Beat's sister label Dice this is essential listening for any Jamaican music fan. The fourth in the Sunrise Records Blue Beat albums following on from 'The Best Of Blue Beat 1961: Part 2' expect `1962: Part 2' scheduled for release on the 1st April.'


CD 1 (THE A-SIDES)

1. Million Dollar Baby - Shenley & Annette
2. There's Always Sunshine - The Blues Busters
3. My Forty Five - Eric Morris
4. Rocking In My Feet - Owen Gray
5. Sunday, Monday - Derrick Morgan
6. Spanish Town Twist - Bobby Kingdom
7. I'm Sorry - Jimmy Cliff
8. Twist Around Town - Girl Satchmo
9. Babylon Gone - Winston & Roy
10. Sinners Repent And Pray - Eric Morris
11. Don't You Know Little Girl - Derrick Morgan
12. Money Can't Buy Life - Eric Morris
13. Brother David - Laurel Aitken
14. Come On Over - Derrick Morgan
15. Bad, Bad Woman - Errol Dixon
16. Walking Down King Street - Theo Beckford
17. I'm Going Home - Lloyd Flowers
18. Are You Mine - The Echoes
19. Guilty Convict - Rupert Edwards
20. Millie Girl - Owen Gray
21. Evening Train - Clive Bailey
22. Never Never (South Virginia) - Bobby Aitken
23. Meekly Wait - Derrick & Yvonne

Bonus Tracks

24. Mabel - Laurel Aitken & Hyacinth
25. ABC Boogie - Ruddy & Sketto
26. On The Beach - Owen Gray
27. Bewildered And Blue - Jimmy James
28. Nothing But Time - Ruddy & Sketto

CD 2 (THE B-SIDES)

1. First Time I Met You - Shenley & Anette
2. You Had It All Wrong - The Blues Busters
3. I've Tried Everybody - Eric Morris
4. Nobody Else - Owen Gray
5. Be Still - Derrick Morgan
6. Brand New Automobile - Bobby Kingdom
7. Roarin' - Red Price
8. My New Honey - Girl Satchmo
9. First Gone (AKA So Long Going Home) - Count Ossie & His Warrikas
10. Now And Forever More - Hortense Ellis
11. Hully Gully - Basil Gabbidon
12. True Love - Hortense & Stranger
13. Back To New Orleans - Laurel Aitken
14. Come Back My Darling - Derrick Morgan
15. Early This Morning - Errol Dixon
16. The Clock (AKA The Grandfather's Clock) - Sir Dee's Group
17. Love Come Tumbling Down (AKA Lover's Town) - Lloyd Flowers & Rico's Rhythm Group
18. I'll Love You Forever - The Echoes
19. Just Because - Rupert Edwards
20. Headache - Derrick Morgan
21. Take Me Home - Clive Bailey
22. Isabella - Bobby Aitken
23. Day In Day Out - Derrick & Yvonne

Bonus Tracks

24. You Got Me Rockin' - Laurel & Hyacinth
25. Please Enid - Ruddy & Sketto
26. Young Lover - Owen Gray
27. I Don't Want To Cry - Jimmy James
28. Summer Is Just Around The Corner - Ruddy & Sketto